Privacy Policy

The Climate Challenge Programme Malawi (CCPM) is an initiative of the Scottish Government administered by SCIAF.

At SCIAF your privacy and your trust is of utmost importance to us. We’re committed to ensuring we meet the legal requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and further, we aim to adhere to best practice and provide complete transparency regarding the collection, storage and use of personal data.

Notification of changes to privacy statement or cookie policy

These are subject to change and updates due to the continually changing nature of regulations, technology and communications. When changes are made to this statement you will find the latest version here on our website.

CCPM Privacy Statement

What personal information does the CCPM collect and store?

We will collect your email address if you use our Newsletter Sign Up form or we may collect your email address if you provide it at CCPM event or to a representative of the CCPM.

At the time of collecting your email address we will always advise you of how we’ll use your email address to contact you.

We may collect aggregated or anonymous information when you visit our website or interact with our content. For example, we may collect information about the services you use and how you use them, like when you watch a video on YouTube, visit our website or view and interact with our ads and content. Please see our Cookie Policy for more detail.

How does the CCPM store personal information and keep it safe?

We take appropriate physical, electronic and managerial measures to ensure that we keep your information secure and accurate.

Although we use appropriate security measures once we have received your personal information, the transmission of information over the internet is never completely secure. We do our best to protect your information, but we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to our website, so any transmission is at the user’s own risk.

Our Retention Policy ensures we will not keep your email address for any longer than absolutely necessary.

Access to your email address is restricted to staff involved with the CCPM who require the information to perform specific functions of their role. We protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure, alteration or destruction with policies and procedures which are continually reviewed and audited to keep in line with best practice and legal requirements.

How will the CCPM use your email address?

Whenever we collect your email address we’ll clearly state how we intend to use it, specifically; you'll receive a quarterly newsletter and other important news and events information via email.

By signing up for the CCPM newsletter any existing contact communication preferences you have with SCIAF will not be effected. By signing up for the CCPM newsletter you are not signing up to receive wider contact from SCIAF, only the CCPM.

Who is my information shared with?

We’ll always keep your details secure and never sell them. As the CCPM is a Scottish Government programme administered by SCIAF, we may be requested to pass your contact details to the Scottish Government on conclusion of the project. We will let you know before doing so.

By signing up for the CCPM newsletter you are not signing up to receive wider contact from SCIAF.

We will use MailChimp software to send you emails. When you sign up, you acknowledge that the information you provide will be transferred to MailChimp for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Terms.

How can I opt-out of communication from the CCPM?

With each email you receive from the CCPM you will have an option to unsubscribe from receiving any further emails.

You can also Contactat any time and notify us you do not want to receive emails.

How will you use my picture on the CCPM website or in printed material?

We’ll always ask for your consent when taking your picture to use in CCPM material, on our website or on our social media channels. We’ll never take pictures of people who say they don’t want to be photographed or filmed, or wish to remain anonymous.

When taking a photo of a larger group (10 or more people) we may seek consent from the group more generally than asking every individual in the group for their consent.

Before we collect the image or story of a CCPM programme participant we will always ask for permission and this will only be shared following informed consent, which can be withdrawn at any time. The image and story of programme participants is an essential element of our work to educate people in Scotland on the lives and communities with which we work overseas and to motivate our supporters to unite with us to end poverty. We will always make the safety and care of our programme participants a priority, changing the original name or not giving specific location details to protect vulnerable adults and children when necessary.

Other websites

We cannot be held responsible for the privacy of data collected by websites not owned or managed by SCIAF or the CCPM, including those linked through our website.

Emails terms of use

Emails aren’t always secure, and they may be intercepted or changed after they’ve been sent. SCIAF and the CCPM doesn’t accept liability if this happens. The contents of emails reflect their author's views and not necessarily those of SCIAF or the CCPM.

Please do not send the CCPM any financial data through email.

The information in emails is confidential, so if you’ve received one by mistake, please delete it without copying, using, or telling anyone about its contents.

CCPM Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device and to target the content displayed to the user’s interests.

Yes. When you arrive on the CCPM website, if you haven’t already given a preference, we will ask you to accept or decline cookies. If you accept cookies we will apply all cookies. If you decline cookies please be aware that this will stop all but strictly necessary cookies (see category 1 below).

What information do we collect using cookies?

We may collect some, or all, of the information available from cookies when you visit our website, depending on how you use it. We monitor how people use our website so we can improve it. We collect this information anonymously.

However, you can choose to use our website anonymously without giving us any information. Please see ‘Changing your cookie preferences’ below.

If you visit the CCPM website, we may use cookies to record information about:

the areas of the website you visit;

the amount of time you spend on the site;

whether you are new to the site, or have visited it before;

the country, region, city and/or borough associated with your IP address or device;

how you came to our website – for example, through an email link or a search engine;

the type of device and browser you use;

how you interact with our website forms

any error messages that you receive on the site

Categories of cookies we use

1 ) Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the user to move around the website and to use its features, e.g. donating.

_ccpm_session Used to identify a user, distinguishing them from other visitors currently on the site. This cookie is required to help users navigate the site, and allow browser features such as Back and Forward buttons to function correctly. This is a session cookie that lasts until the browsing session ends.

sciaf_ccpm_cookies_consent Used to store a user’s cookies preference. This cookie is stored for two years.

NID The NID cookie contains a unique ID that Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20) and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. This cookie lasts 6 months.

2) Performance cookies

These cookies collect information about how the user makes use of the site, e.g. which pages the user visits most. These cookies do not collect information that identifies the user.

_ga Used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. This cookie lasts 2 years.

_gat_UA Used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. This cookie lasts 24 hrs.

_gid Used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. This cookie lasts for 24 hours.

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE A cookie that YouTube sets that measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old. This cookie lasts 8 months.

3) Functionality cookies

These cookies remember choices made by or attributes of the user and enhance the features and content you experience during your visit to our website, e.g. language, appeals visited or user’s location. This cookie is also used to remember a user's preferences for a font size, or customisable parts of a web page.

PREF This YouTube cookie stores your preferences and other information, in particular preferred language, how many search results you wish to be shown on your page, and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. This cookie lasts 8 months.

YSC Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. This is a session cookie that lasts until the browsing session ends.

4) Targeting or advertising cookies:

These cookies collect information about the users' browsing habits. This may also include your use of social media sites, e.g. Facebook, etc. or how you interact with our website which then shows you relevant content elsewhere on the internet. NB. These may also be used to choose the advertisements that are displayed to you on our website and other websites.

GPS A YouTube cookie that registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. This cookie lasts 1 hour.

Changing your cookie preferences

The "Help" menu in the toolbar of most web browsers will tell you how to change your browser's cookie settings, including how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable cookies altogether.

By clicking the links below you can also decline our cookies used for analytical reporting, but cookies which are necessary for the website to function, and third party cookies necessary to complete processes you’ve specifically requested will still be used.

When you use these links you will be taken to our homepage and your updated cookies preference will be used.